Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
The recently released video game Earth Defense Force 2025 has a language problem. Specifically, the game bans any username that contains the word “gay.” What makes this ironic is that the Playstation Network (through which the game enables online multiplayer access) allows for user profiles to have the word “gay” in their PSN profile name. […]
While the IRS is the perennial butt of jokes due to their perennially unpopular status, they have released a video to help same-sex couples who have married navigate their tax situation. Per a White Hourse press release: The Internal Revenue Service released a new YouTube video designed to provide useful tax tips to married same-sex […]
For over 100 years, Getty Images have put watermarks on its 150 million photographs to keep people from using them without paying for them. For over 25 percent of the photographs, this policy has disappeared. All users have to do in order to use the images free is to give credit and a link to […]
LGBT people traveling in Mississippi should do so with caution, according to GetEQUAL Mississippi. The travel alert was based on pending legislation that would allow “religious freedom” discrimination allowing businesses to refuse service to LGBT people. The bill has passed the state Senate and may be debated in the state House this week. A similar […]
For the 26th annual books awards, Lambda Literary has added another category: Graphic Novel. The Lammy finalists come from this year’s 746 submissions, up from 687 last year. Titles representing achievement in LGBT writing published in 2013 will be announced on June 2, 2014 at The Great Hall at Cooper Union (7 East 7th Street, […]
The Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a bill that would prosecute teachers, librarians, and school administrators for providing materials “harmful to minors.” It was introduced in reaction to a sex poster on a middle-school classroom door. The bill’s definition is as follows: (A) The average adult person applying contemporary community standards would find that […]
The website Rainbow Gray has found GLBTRT through one of its committees! Stephen Dolainski’s introduction to his article about OTR and its current bibliography: “I’m sure I knew at some time in the past that there was a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) within the American Library Association. Or maybe not. Well, […]
ALA 2014 voting begins on March 19, 2014 at 9:00 am. GLBTRT members are asked to vote on the proposed GLBTRT bylaws amendment and Executive Board members Chair-elect, Secretary, and Directors-at-Large. In the case of more than one candidate for an office, their names are listed below in alphabetical order by first name. Voters are […]
A memorial for Doug Ireland–journalist, author, and LGBT activist—is Thursday, March 27, 2014 in the Proshansky Auditorium at the CUNY Graduate Center at 365 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Ireland died on October 26, 2013 at the age of 67. For more information on his life, click here. Update: The memorial will be held at 6pm.
By Tess Goldwasser Meet Mack Freeman! Mack, a member of the News Committee, recently redesigned GLBT News to the new weekly format and also serves as the Blog Administrator on the Web Committee. Starting in July, he will chair the News Committee and is looking for committee members. Interested GLBTRT members should contact him and […]